Shiftall, the Japan-based VR {hardware} startup, is now not working with Panasonic on its MeganeX sequence of skinny and light-weight PC VR headsets.
Initially acquired by Panasonic in 2018, Shiftall developed a variety of units as the corporate’s advert hoc inner skunk works, together with the primary MeganeX PC VR headset, HaritoraX wi-fi physique trackers, FlipVR movement controllers, and mutalk soundproof microphones.
Whereas Panasonic bought off Shiftall in early 2024, the businesses continued to collaborate on the MeganeX headset sequence.
Now, in accordance with a Shiftall press assertion (by way of Mogura), Panasonic is formally now not concerned with improvement of MeganeX as of December 2025.
“Because of this, Panasonic will switch the MeganeX sequence enterprise property to Shiftall,” the corporate says, machine translated from Japanese. “And from 2026 onwards, Shiftall will proceed to develop, promote and supply buyer assist (for each companies and people) for the MeganeX sequence.”
Shiftall’s newest PC VR headset is the MeganeX “8K” Mark II, a follow-up to its skinny and light-weight PC VR headset initially launched late final yr, the MeganeX superlight “8K”.
MeganeX “8K” Mark II incorporates the identical 3,552 × 3,840 per-eye micro-OLEDs as superlight, supporting as much as 90 Hz refresh, and the identical SteamVR monitoring normal, which requires the person to purchase SteamVR 1.0/2.0 base stations individually.
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